What the Bible says about Orderliness
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Matthew 14:19 Jesus is very calm through all of this, for to Him, nothing is impossible. The disciples would have driven the hungry crowd away, but Christ is the One who had given manna to the Israelites in the wilderness. He had provided Israel sustenance in an orderly way, and here, Christ handles it likewise. He commands the people to sit down in manageable groups of fifties and hundreds, avoiding confusion and preventing injury to women and children should the whole multitude surge forward. Order is a characteristic of all of God's ways, as Paul asserts in I Corinthians 14:33. Mark's description of the ordering of the crowd is very specific. Using the plural of the word that signifies "a garden plot or bed," he describes the people as reclining in sections, so that the separate groups resemble detached garden plots. As was the custom among the Jews, the 5,000 men sat apart and were the only ones counted. No one knows how many women and children were there, but the number must have been substantial. Martin G. Collins The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Feeding the Five Thousand (Part One) Related Topics: Feeding of 5000 | Jesus Christ's Miracles: Feeding of Five Thousand | Manna | Miracles of Jesus Christ: Feeding of 5000

 

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